What have you done to your 5th Gen 4Runner today?

Just ordered them. Thanks for the link!

 

Installed my nonTRD analog blind spot monitoring system

 

Small addition of the retro Kempter TRD badge.

 

Leftover truck bed liner on the skid/color matched letters

 

..and the blackening continues
swapped SR5 badge with retro piece
installed slimline ventvisors
used the rest of the leftover bedliner on top rails

 

Rotopax bracket went in along with 2×1 Gal packs by rotopax. Getting ready for Yellowstone trip in September. These little additions seem like they take forever to get them right. But done.

 

Morimoto headlights last week. This week, the tails.

 

Westcott ladder looks fire!

 

Skip to 3:25 in this video. Don’t take the caps off like he does at the beginning.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVz-WCqmaTE

There’s enough slack in the defroster wire to unplug and reattach before you snap the new mirror in. Nothing to it.

 

Very nice. Where did you get the "Toyota 4Runner" decal from?

 

I’ve set my side view mirrors like this for decades, because it eliminates the typical blind spots.
Wonder why more people don’t do it this way.

https://youtu.be/kkQX2gkwJoE

 

I have been doing this since my Canadian friend showed me in college. That was almost twenty years ago. I still turn my head and look through the rear windows though...

 

Installed Weathertech window visors, and replaced interior/rear licence plate bulbs with LEDs. Can’t believe how hot some of the OEM bulbs were after being on for 3-4 mins. Glad I’ve changed them in first week.

 

Funny how we forget the basics that existed long before we started to depend on tech (vs using it to add assistance). When I was helping our youngest practice driving, I always threw my had up on the screen so she couldn’t use the camera to back up for parking. Glad I learned to drive in the late 80s

 

Finally tackled Red Cone trail

 

Greased the propeller shafts and yokes front and rear. Washed it. Next will be front and rear diff fluid change along with t-case. Then ditch lights after that.

 

Installed the SS3 Pro fogs and did the fender liner mod.

 

Washed it, disinfected the back after taking the dogs to the dog park, then cleaned it, vinyl treatment, windows, the whole enchilada. Finally got the wheels installed Friday. I am not sold yet. -36 is a bit much hanging just a tick beyond the fender, but once the lift goes on it will look better. I am too big to get on the ground, between the tire and fender and into the fender liner behind the headlights. Going to pull the front bumper off and install LED lows, LED change back driving lights and yellow/white selectable fogs in next weekend.

 

Well all I did to my 4 Runner is I cleaned the Softex and washed/bleached my dogs towels after he was sprayed by a skunk this morning. I literally just told a friend I was surprised my dog has never been sprayed by a skunk. Well check that off the bucket list.

 

First trip in new to me 4runner up to Mount Lemon. The truck rides very nice.

 

Full brake job today. Front and rear rotor/pad replacement. Took the whole day.

It was time. I'm at 75,000 miles.

Also replaced my front 1.5" spacers with some 1.25" Spidertrax spacers.

 

Thanks!!

 

I need to do mine too. I'm at 76K. I already have the pads, but I should probably do the rotors while I have it all apart. The front rotors should just pop off, but is it different for the rear with the parking brake?

 

No, they pop off just the same. Just make sure you have the parking brake off.

Pretty easy to remove most of the old ones. Just used a rubber mallet on them.

One was a little stubborn. Had to use the screw hole on the rotor to pry it away from the rest of the assembly. The bolt used to hold your brake lines bracket to your spindle is the exact right size for the job. 12mm bolt head.

Wanderlost Offroad has a really good tutorial of the whole process on their Youtube page.

 

^^ that's a pro tip worth highlighting - if you have a stubborn rotor that won't come off easily, screw a bolt into the hole in the rotor and tighten until the rotor pops loose.

 

I missed what pads and rotors you went with?

 

Yesterday washed it, it was filthy chance of rain but I just couldn't take the black road dust/grime on the rear hatch! Never rained but chance tomorrow (It will cause I washed it)

 

What LEDs did you go with? That’s on my shortlist.

 

Mirrors put in

before:


after:


driving experience ... night and day better! no more blind spot and it already saved me when some hotshot was zipping through lanes going nearly double the speedlimit on a 35 mph road and I didn't see him coming up from behind. look at the mirror and see enough of his car in the small mirror as he zooms on past.

also finally got the new rear door struts on and also a great improvement. before if the window was down the door wouldn't want to really open. now it fires right up without hesitation. Super easy install though I will say, have a ladder to hold up the door and take both stock struts off first because the new ones are a touch longer and you can't connect it with the other side still having the stock one connected.

 

that's how I set up my mirrors, I don't see any part of my vehicle, and it does eliminates most blind spots but not all of them. Especially on the driver side with how our 4 runner mirrors are, so if one only wanted to improve the drivers side, its an easy 50$ upgrade. The passenger side could have been skipped IMO but its still nice to have and will be useful when I tow anything.